His talent in the art of swordsmanship can be said to be rare in hundreds of years.
If he could devote himself to the art of swordsmanship, he might be close to reaching the threshold of a master at this time. As long as he works hard and comprehends it for a few more years, he could easily step into the realm of a master.
Unfortunately, he was too busy taking care of his family to devote himself wholeheartedly to exploring the path of the sword.
But Song Que was Song Que, and he had figured out a set of sword techniques that suited him best. Why was it the ‘Heavenly Sword’ instead of the ‘Bad Sword’ or the ‘Xiong Sword’?
This has something to do with Song Que's ambition and his own situation.
What is "Heaven"?
The artistic conception of the sword that leads the world of ethics and constitution and embraces everything, combined with Song Que's current state, can unleash earth-shattering power.
It's just that Song Que's spirit has not advanced further at this time and cannot activate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to increase the power of his attack. Otherwise, his sword power may not be worse than that of Beiyin Kuangdao Nie Renwang in the storm.
He was very interested in the profound tiger-shaped fist struck by Thunder Tiger, but now was not the time to compete in martial arts.
Song Zhi and others were defeated by Lei Hu with one punch. They were no longer as unruly as before. They all became more honest. However, they still looked at Lei Hu with unkind eyes, but they did not dare to face the provocation as before.
Entering the Song Family Mountain City, Lei Hu was not interested in sighing at the majesty of the Song Family Mountain City. He directly stated the purpose of his trip: "I came here at the invitation of the King of Jin to be a lobbyist for the two families!"
"What lobbyist?"
Before Song Que could speak, Song Zhi couldn't help shouting and said disdainfully: "Isn't it a good idea to make peace after being defeated?"
"Master Song, do you think so too?"
Lei Hu's face darkened and he said angrily: "If this is really the case, Lei turns around and leaves. I want to see if the Lingnan Song Dynasty can withstand the consumption of the Sui army!"
"you……"
Song Zhi was still young and vigorous. His previous victories had already made him completely dispirited. After hearing Lei Hu's words, he became furious and started to utter evil words.
"That's enough, second brother, don't talk nonsense!"
Song Que shouted loudly and stopped Song Zhi from being stupid. He turned around and apologized to Lei Hu: "Second brother, I bumped into Marquis Wu without warning. Please forgive me!"
"hehe……"
Lei Hu waved his hands and said indifferently: "This is a family matter of the Song family. I am not qualified as an outsider to interfere. Lord Song, please give me a happy word!"
"How about promise?"
Song Que said in a deep voice: "So what if you don't agree?"
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and all the senior officials of the Song Dynasty present felt tense in their hearts. They felt some inexplicable pressure and no longer dared to hum easily and just listened quietly.
"If you agree, everything will be easy to talk about!"
Lei Hu smiled lightly and said: "The Song clan leader has shown enough tyranny. Naturally, he can bargain with the Sui Dynasty for some benefits, but he has to respect the Sui Dynasty as the orthodoxy in name!"
Song Que snorted but said nothing, obviously very dissatisfied with his submission to the Sui Dynasty.
"If you don't agree, then keep fighting!"
Lei Hu spoke leisurely and said with a smile: "The Sui Dynasty is really going to get anxious and adopt extermination tactics against Lingnan. I'm afraid that the land of wisdom, with a population of less than one million, will not be able to withstand it for a long time before being exterminated!"
The words were spoken calmly, but in the ears of the senior officials of the Song Dynasty, it was like thunder, and the heart that was originally high in fighting spirit suddenly sank to the bottom.
Even an outstanding person like Song Que turned pale in an instant.
As Lei Hu said, if the Sui army let loose and slaughtered the people in Lingnan wildly, the number of people in Lingnan at this time was less than one million, and they really could not withstand the disasters of the Sui army.
Even the young and energetic Song Zhi and the senior officials of Shanman who had no respect for the Sui Dynasty did not dare to speak easily at this time, for fear that one bad move would lead to disaster.
They are no longer as unruly and unruly as before, and their hearts have sunk to the bottom. They are full of pessimism and despair about the future. The truth is too cruel. No matter how many times they have won before, compared with the Sui Dynasty, which has a large number of people,
, the land of Lingnan cannot withstand the slightest consumption.
"Master Song, please accept it as soon as you see fit!"
Lei Hu said calmly: "At this time, the Great Sui Dynasty is booming and the sun is at its peak. It is not something that the land of Lingnan can resist. What does the Song clan leader think?"
"Wu Hou, why do you speak for the Sui Dynasty like this?"
Song Que did not answer the question but sneered: "Is it possible that the Marquis of Wu has completely surrendered to the Northern Sui Dynasty?"
"Hahaha……"
Lei Hu looked up to the sky and laughed, the energy and blood in his body were running wildly, and his internal organs were trembling in unison. Waves of obscure and domineering energy spread out along with the laughter, and thunder rolled in the ears of others, shaking them at the same time.
The qi and blood in the body beat together, and those with poor physical strength and poor physical fitness immediately spurted out a mouthful of old blood, became depressed and turned pale.
This is a pure sonic attack, specifically stimulating the energy and blood of others. Anyone with poor physical fitness will immediately vomit blood and be seriously injured. Even with the strength of Song Que, the Heavenly Sword, he was unable to get any benefits. He only felt that all the internal organs in his body were intact.
The shaking was extremely uncomfortable.
That is to say, he entered the innate realm early and strengthened his body with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, otherwise the end would not be much better.
"That's enough, what does Wu Hou want to do?"
The true energy in his body was billowing, protecting the internal organs and meridians. The aura around Song Que's body was fierce and he shouted angrily, just like a tiger roaring in a mountain forest and a dragon roaring in the deep marsh, suppressing the thundering tiger's laughter.
At this moment, he was like a peerless sword, the unparalleled sharpness surrounding Thunder Tiger's body. He was also like a peerless ferocious beast that chose people to devour. Whenever the prey of Thunder Tiger made any changes, a shocking offensive would immediately erupt.
Lei's face remained unchanged, as if he did not feel the terrifying sword intent emitted by Song Que. He smiled lightly and said, "Does the Lord of the Song Dynasty think that I will obey the orders of the Sui Emperor?"
As soon as he said this, the terrifying sword intent on Song Que's body instantly subsided, and an embarrassed look appeared on his face.
Indeed, he actually suspected that a super master like Lei Hu would completely fall to the Sui Dynasty, which was indeed a bit inappropriate.
"Then why is Wu Hou so active?"
Song Que turned around and asked, "Isn't this the style of Marquis Wu?"
"Haha, I don't want the chaos in the south to continue!"
Lei Hu said calmly: "I don't want the main force of the Sui army to stay in the south. This answer should satisfy the Lord!"
Song Que showed that he was indeed like this, nodded and smiled: "Wu Hou is kind-hearted!"
Lei Hu smiled but said nothing. He could not say that the war in Lingnan did not affect the development of the territory. Even the continuous flow of wounded soldiers from the front line was of great benefit to the infrastructure construction of the Wu Marquis Territory.
However, the main force of the Sui army was nearby, and it coincided with the Lingnan War, which completely hindered the normal development of the southern economy, leaving the Wu Marquis in a state of being unable to enter.
The previous construction of thousands of miles of official roads has almost consumed all the money and food taken out by the Shen family in Taihu. If another large-scale infrastructure construction project like this comes again, it will affect the capital of the Hou Mansion.
Lei Hu did not have much capital in his hands. The Nanchen court was in a state of decay. Almost half of the resources fell into the hands of local nobles. The rest was capital used for the normal operation of the court. Lei Hu was not yet completely famous at that time, so the resources he could get
It's really limited.
And Nan Chen fell too quickly. Lei Hu was busy rescuing the demon concubine Zhang Lihua, and had no time to capture the Jiankang Palace and the capital. In the end, all the benefits were in vain for the Sui army.
Fortunately, the demon concubine was very interesting at the time and had always trained Lei Hu's 30,000 troops as her confidants. The money, food and materials were always a solid supplement. Coupled with the accumulation of cleaning up banditry for several years, Lei Hu had a little savings, but
It can only supply 30,000 troops for half a year.
Fortunately, after Lei Hu was granted the title of Marquis of Wu, the Gusu, Hucheng and Qiantang counties he was in charge of were all blessed places, and there was still a lot of money and food in the local government's warehouses. This allowed Lei Hu to gradually enrich his accumulation.
Not to mention, Taihu Lake is a huge treasure house. It is extremely rich in fish and shrimp resources, as well as lotus roots, water chestnuts and other resources. At least there is no need to worry about the people in the territory going hungry. This has a foundation for development.
When it was time for spring plowing, Leihu organized the people under his rule to cultivate all the fields controlled by the government. By the time of the autumn harvest, a lot of grain was harvested, enough to last the people under their rule for a year.
By this time, Wu Houling had completely stabilized. As the saying goes, he had food in hand and was not worried.
And Qiantang County is close to the sea. Although Leihu has not popularized the method of drying salt, there is no shortage of salt. Jiaxing Taihu Lake and Suzhou are also traditional silk weaving places. The Sujinhu silk here is quite famous.
People don't need to wear them.
In this way, issues related to people's livelihood such as food and clothing have been completely solved. As for housing and transportation, it is no longer a problem. The entire Wuhou territory has formed an internal self-circulation and can be self-sufficient.
This is the advantage of being in charge of a blessed land. As long as there are no troubles, it will not be a problem to have a full stomach.
Leihu used his power to suppress the gentry and tycoons within the territory from acting recklessly, and also used military control to directly separate the people from the local tycoons. Over time, the influence of the local tycoons will decline significantly.
When Lei Hu splits up the clan forces under his rule in the future, without the support of the common people, the powerful clansmen will have no choice but to make a living or farm, or find other ways out, and then imagine relying on the clan to dominate and prosper like before.
But it's impossible.
At this time, normal commercial exchanges between the territory and the outside world are needed.
After all, the market of 500,000 people is still too small. It is impossible for the people's wallets to become full quickly under Lei Hu's rule. Business circulation with the outside world must be strengthened to make the people in the territory quickly rich and at the same time create a large number of people.
of wealth.
All fools know that if you want to do business well, you must have a stable situation.
It's not that Lei Hu looked down on Song Que, but the land of Lingnan was indeed a bit remote. Before the maritime trade fully flourished, the development potential of the Wu Marquis Territory was greater than that of the entire Lingnan.
It's just that if Lingnan cannot be stabilized for a long time, Wuhou's commercial development will also be greatly affected. This is the main reason why Leihu is willing to come forward to make peace.
Otherwise, even if Yang Jian comes, it will be difficult to invite him to negotiate.